Accreditation

A Network Of Experts

Our global network of experts is the heart of ABET accreditation. By serving as team chairs and program evaluators, practicing professionals from industry, academia, and government make an impact on the quality of technical education worldwide.

Workshops & Events

We help prepare your institution’s accreditation team, providing the tools for ongoing program assessment and offering professional development and networking opportunities for all who participate in the accreditation process.

Global Presence

Our products and processes are recognized worldwide for excellence. In addition to global accreditation, we maintain a large number of international partnerships that extend ABET’s reach onto every continent.

A Valued Credential

Students

Your degree is a significant achievement and perhaps the largest investment you will make toward your future. The quality of education you receive makes a big difference in your career success. ABET accreditation:

Paves the way for you to work globally, because ABET accreditation is recognized worldwide through international agreements, and many other countries’ national accrediting systems are based on the ABET model.

Programs & Institutions

The ABET accreditation review process is an intensive team effort, and program accreditation is voluntary in the U.S. So why go to the trouble? Because the process yields data and insights, you can use to deliver the best educational experience and preparation for your students.

More than 2,000 professionals from academia, industry, and government carry out every aspect of ABET accreditation. They know their profession’s dynamic and emerging workforce needs and review academic programs to ensure they provide the technical and professional skills graduates need to succeed.

Industry, Government & The World

When ABET’s quality standards are applied and promoted around the globe, the results are a better-educated, geographically mobile, diverse technical workforce well prepared to advance innovation and excel professionally in fields of critical importance to society.

ABET accreditation criteria are developed by technical professionals, members of our 35 member societies. Each society dedicates volunteers to perform program reviews related to its professions. Coming from academic, industrial and governmental backgrounds, ABET volunteers are trained experts who evaluate programs for relevancy, content, and quality. This third-party peer review is critical in the technical fields, where quality, precision, and safety are of utmost importance, and sets ABET apart from other accreditors. It is a solid process that has been refined over 80 years.

We promote excellence in technical education by focusing on continuous quality improvement processes, not by prescribing methods. With technological change occurring so rapidly, institutions seeking to ensure their programs are dynamically evolving participate in the ABET accreditation process.

ABET accreditation:

Ensures that graduates have met the educational requirements necessary to enter the profession

Provides opportunities for the industry to guide the educational process to reflect current and future needs

Enhances the mobility of professionals

Responsive to increasing globalization, we work to ensure that the graduates of ABET-accredited programs can employ their talents internationally. We do this by signing agreements with educational quality assurance organizations in other countries and jurisdictions. Not only does this allow ABET-accredited program graduates to use their skills around the world, but it also raises their value to employers. The U.S. government, for example, and many multinational corporations seek employees with degrees from ABET-accredited programs that translate globally.

When advertising for new hires, include “graduation from an ABET-accredited program” as one of your requirements.